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Bible Question: is masturbation a sin??? |
Bible Answer: I'm going to re-post my original answer so you don't have to go searching for it: Yes masturbation is a sexual sin. Ephesians 5:3 ?But among you there must not be either sexual immorality, impurity of any kind, or greed, as these are not fitting for the saints.? (Net Bible) Ephesians 5:3 But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints; (KJV) Ephesians 5:3 But immorality or any impurity or greed must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints; (NASB) Ephesians 5:3 But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God?s holy people. (NIV) This is the major verse that says masturbation is a sin! I have given you four examples from four different translations. I like the way they all say it, but the NIV really puts it into words that mortal man can understand the best because that version says ? ?holy people.? I think if we?re saved then we become Holy. (Lets save this for another thread, ok guys, don?t jump on me for not posting a scripture reference about this here, I?m concentrating on sexual impurity here, thanks anyway for thinking about it though.). For Jesus said in Matthew 5:26 ?You have heard that it was said, ?Do not commit adultery.? 27 ?But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.? (NIV) This says anything that gives you the hint of thinking of taking a woman (or man for that matter) to bed is a sin. What else is masturbation? You just don?t have that object of your sexual desire to consummate the act, so you improvise. You have sinned according to God?s law. I want to let you know that you are not alone in this. Most men have done this. I?ll admit that I have. I knew that it was a sin. I was pointed to a book by God. I picked this book up several times in the Christian bookstore that I now frequent. Finally, while watching Charles Stanley one Sunday morning he was doing the a series on the ?Landmines in the Path of the Believer? This one was the first one on pride. It caused me to go to his web site and do an expanded study of his word. The whole series was there and there is one on Landmines in the Path of the Believer: Part Four - Sexual Sins . I opened the link and started reading. There he reverences the same book that I?d picked up and put back down several times. ?Every Man?s Battle? by Stephen Arterburn. I read this page with zeal. I went out and purchased the book, and read it in two and a half days. For you see I had the same problem you stated you have. I have learned thru proper scripture listed in the book, how to avoid any temptations in the modern world. I wish I had that book with me, but I left it at home, and I?m at work writing this to you. 1 Corinthians 6:13 ?? The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.? This is very true. Learn how to not look at a woman for anything but a person, not as an object of sexual desire. Remember Matthew 5:26-27 once again. If you even look at a woman lustfully, then you are sinning. Don?t see a woman and take a ?free peek? down her blouse, it?s a sin. Don?t open a door for a woman so that you might watch her walk, that?s a sin. Open the door to be courteous, then look away. Look at the floor, look at the ceiling, don?t watch her ?wiggle?. If the Coors twins come on during the NFL game you?re watching, don?t look, change the channel for 60 seconds. Don?t watch shows like ?Desperate Housewife?s? that are full of sexual content, watch a religious station instead. Don?t pick up a Playboy, or any magazine similar to or worse than, for any reason. Avoid sexual web sites and binary newsgroups, as they will lead to eternal damnation. Romans 13:13 ?Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.? (NIV) Yes, by all means live a pure life, it can be done. I?ve learned to not look at a woman in a lustful nature. I don?t pick up the newspaper?s Sunday morning papers ads any more, you?ll understand after you read the book (?Every Man?s Battle?) about this. Lets look at Galatians 5:19: Here Paul states what the sins are, you notice what?s first ?The acts of the sinful nature are obvious, sexual immorality,?? and if you can 1 Thessalonians 5:22 ?Avoid every kind of evil.? Then you can start on your way to redemption. God will help you through this problem. You can stop, you will stop, as I will pray for you. As stated in Titus 2: 11? For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men. 12 It teaches us to say ?No? to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age.? Amen. I hope this will help you, Your brother in Christ, Russ |